THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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IDAHO. 



A contract to construct nine miles of the Portneuf 

 March Valley Irrigation Company's canal near Downey 

 has been let to E. W. Cayman of Ogden. The work will 

 begin at once. 



The American Falls Canal and Power Company is 

 seeking to induce the settlers on the tract to operate the 

 canal system here. It is stated that it will require $12,000 

 to operate the system this year. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded contract 

 to the General Electric Company of Los Angeles, Cal., 

 for furnishing electrical equipment for substations under 

 the Minidoka irrigation project, Idaho. The contract price 

 is $9,684. 



The Secretary of the Interior has issued a public 

 notice announcing that the charge for operation and main- 

 tenance of the Minidoka irrigation project, for the season 

 of 1910 and annually thereafter until further notice, shall 

 be 75 cents per acre of irrigable land. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded contract 

 to the Standard Underground Cable Company of Pitts- 

 burg, Pa., for furnishing copper wire to be used in ex- 

 tending the electric transmission line to the towns of 

 Rupert, Heyburn and Burley, on the Minidoka irrigation 

 project. The contract price is $3,263.37. 



Land owners in the vicinity of Emmett held a meet- 

 ing recently for the purpose of sending a petition to the 

 government to restore the north side unit 

 of the Payette-Boise reclamation project to 

 the public domain. A petition was also 

 signed to the county commissioners to form 

 an organization known as the Black Canyon 

 irrigation project. About 110,000 acres of 

 land is embraced in this project. 



E. F. Eagleson, L. L. Folsom and asso- 

 ciates have filed an application for the seg- 

 regation under the provisions of the Carey 

 Act for 300,000 acres. The cost of this 

 project is $20,000,000. A dam 250 feet in 

 height will be constructed on the Boise river 

 about twenty-five miles above the city. The 

 approximate cost of the dam is $3,000,000. 

 The water right price is $100 per acre. The 

 Kuhn-Buhl interests are backing the deal 

 financially. 



Engineers are at work making the final 

 survey for the great dam which is to be 

 erected at American Falls for the purpose 

 of storing waters to irrigate the Bruneau 

 tract of 600,000 acres. The project known 

 as the Twin Falls-Bruneau project will cost 

 $500,000. The project includes a system of 

 reservoirs extending from the headwaters 

 of the Snake river to the point above the 

 Milner dam which is to be reinforced and 

 utilized for the diversion of water for the 

 new project. The high line .canals will be 

 enlarged and extended to Salmon river, 

 over which the flow of water will be con- 

 ducted by means of inverted siphons. 



Water has been taken from the South Platte river 

 to irrigate 62,500 acres of land northeast of Denver. This 

 system is known as the Barr lake reservoir system. The 

 Barr lake reservoir will supply the Denver-Greeley Val- 

 ley municipal irrigation district, known as the Hudson 

 district. 



It is reported that the Northwestern Irrigation Com- 

 pany, near Steamboat Springs, is asking for bids to con- 

 struct a tunnel 4,000 feet long under Yellow Jacket Pass. 

 Water will be taken from the north fork of White river in 

 Rio Blanca county to irrigate lands in the southwest part 

 of Routt county. 



All reservoirs in the Denver-Greeley valley irrigation 

 district are completed with the exception of Milton res- 

 ervoir, which will be finished by June 1. Over 60,000 

 acres of land are embraced in this project. 



Suit has been filed in the district court by R. W. 

 Sawyer against the Riverside Irrigation Company. Mr. 

 Sawyer alleges "misrepresentation, fraud and deceit," and 

 demands payment of $1,543 commission and moneys which 

 he claims he advanced as a result of what he avers to be 

 false statements on the part of the officers of the board. 



The Boyd Lake Reservoir and Irrigation Company 

 has purchased Boyd lake from B. D. Sanborn of Greeley. 

 This is said to be the largest body of water in northern 

 Colorado. Articles of incorporation have been filed by 

 the Boyd Lake Reservoir and Irrigation Company, with 

 a capital stock of $400,000. Incorporators are B. D. San- 



COLORADO. 



An irrigation district in the neighbor- 

 hool of Lay and Maybelle is in process of 

 formation. Water will be secured from the 

 Elk river. 



A petition was also filed with the county 

 commissioners by the Elk river irrigation 

 district, which intends to irrigate lands on 

 the mesas north of Hayden. 



A petition was presented to the county 

 commissioners at a recent meeting by the 

 Routt County irrigation district providing 

 for irrigating lands on the south side of 

 Hayden valley. 



An irrigation project embracing 150,000 

 acres 'has been started by J. Albert Wright 

 of Denver. A ditch 105 miles in length will 

 be constructed at an estimated cost of 

 $3,000,000. The ditch will start northwest 

 of Delta and end near Grand Junction. 



Irrigated 



Farm and Fruit 



Lands 



The small irrigated farm or orchard means greater production with 

 less labor. It takes away the element of chance and makes a good crop 



a reasonable certainty. The land 



The land in 



the Northwest such as is being irrigated 

 by government and private projects in 

 Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon, 

 on or reached by the Northern Pacific 

 Railway, is exceedingly rich and requires 

 only moisture to yield bountifully. 

 This moisture is provided by irrigation, 

 which makes irrigated farming, fruit 

 and vegetable raising a scientific pro- 

 fession, not a drudgery. The ideal 

 climate is a strong argument in favor 

 o the Northwest. 



If you want to know more about the pos- 

 sibilities of making your efforts bring you greater returns, write for information 

 about these irrigated lands. Maybe the "dry-farming" territory will interest you. 

 Write tonight and state what section you are' most interested in. Don't delay. The 

 information will cost you nothing and will pay you well. 



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